Framing table



Allg. 30, 1932. C, T, EARHART 1,874,175

FRAMING TABLE Filed May V2O, 1931 Y Patented Aug. 30, 1932 stares CHARLES r. EARHART, or rrrrsBuRGH, PENNSLVANIA unanime TABLE lApplication led May 20, 1931. Serial No. 538,863.

The present invention relates to a framing table intended to be used in connection with a type of power sawing device, which has been fully described in a certain United States Patent Number 1,832,283 dated November 17th, 1931, the present inventor ofY which patent this lapplication is a continuationin part.

The general purpose of the present table is to providel a table whichmay be readily transported from'one construction job to another, or which may be made at any particular place where it is'needed due to its'simple constructional members.

The principal feature Vof Vthe framing table is its top portion which is designed to accommodate the revolving` blade of the power saw, as will be explained hereinafter adapts the table for use in connection with any thickness of lumber being sawn.

The table is usually made in three types, all of which follow the same general form. For use with heavy lumber of size 2 X 6 or 2 X 4 and of long length, a table is provided usually about two feet longer than .the greatest length of lumber intended to be cut or sawn thereon, said table being in most instances about 18 feet in length; for inter- 30 mediate size of material a form of table about 6 feet in length adapted't-o be mounted o-n a single carpenters trestle or saw horse is provided; for very small sized material a very short type of table top is provided, usually about 3 feet in length, and it then is used like a mitre-boX in connection with the sawing device used in above named application. n

Details of the other features of the present device will be explained as the specification proceeds herein.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of the present specification, I have shown an embodiment of the device in hand.

Figurev l is an end view yof a movable frame, saw, and table top, mount-ed on a saw horse or carpenters trestle.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the table as adopted for use in connection with the long- Y est and largest size of material to be sawn,

and the adjustable front Stringer mounted on two carpenters trestles as supports., f

Figure 3 is a detail side view of the-adjustable frontv stringer mounted on the end of one of the cross-bars of the table.-l

Figure 4Ais a front view ofFigure 3 taken from the right thereof. Y v 1 l Figure 5 is a plan View of the table top usually about three feet in length-for use as a mitre-box, and for very small sized material.

Figure 6 isa front view of thetable and appurtenant parts shown in 'Figure 1. vIn the drawing asseen in Figures 1,6, 3 and 4 particularly, the numeral l -indicates a front Stringer, 2, a rear Stringer. The cross-bars 3 and 4 extend between'vthe'two stringers. On the cross-bars 3, 4 is mounted the longitudinal materialsupporting deck member. The material to be sawn is shown in Figure vl by the numeral 6. `.It will be seen that the rear AStringer 2is secured to deck member, and cross-bars 8',- and4 etc.` are securedto said member 5, while the front Stringer `l is adjustably'secured to the crossbars, -in a manner shown in Figures 3 andV 4 of the drawingqf K 1 2 Y When the device is mounted on a single trestle as shown in Figures l and 6 the crossbars are secured' on the top of the trestle 7, and two depending` tie pieces 8, 9-secure the tabletop to the legs vof the saw horses. In this vway a rigid 'structure is provided. The purpose of'the'rear stringer 2 is to form a backing piecefv againstwhich the lumber being sawn abuts, and is held in posi- `tion thereby. The aperture V10 in the table deck as explained in theparent application above referredk to, is to provide 'room in which to operate the cutting blade of a power saw.V

it willv be noted also that in cases where the depending vertical limb 11 of the lmovable f frame l2 is mountedV on theinside of the frontV stringer l, as shown in Figure l, arecess 13,

is providedA inthe cross-bars to permit said vertical limb to move along the front string'-V er. ,As'thethickness ofthe lumber 6, varies, the front stringerneeds at times to be elevated or lowered with refe-rence to the cross-bars,

.and this is provided for in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing, though other adjustable means may be used therefor. In the figures last named it is seen that an aperture 14 is made in the cross-bars 3 and 4 and a bolt 15 passed through a slot 16 in the front stringer 1, vand thereby a proper elevation of the front stringeris obtained.

In the Figure 2 of the drawing, the crosssectional form of the table top 17 is the same as shown in Fig. 1, theonly difference is that the said top is mounted on two saw horses 18, 19, placed transversely to the table top as shown, and the length of the top increased to eighteen or twenty feet to accommodate long material. Y

' In the Figure 5 is shown a plan view of the table; top` which is only about three feet long, but isof. the same cross-section as that shown in Figure 1, having the rear stringer 2, the cross-bars 3A and 4, the front stringer 1, and the deck member 5 as before. This form of the device is for use with small sized material, in which the device acts as a miter boX.

. `In 'Figures 1 and 2 I have shown the movable frame 12, of the sawing device, which rides on the front stringer 1 of the framing table `b-ymeans of theV rollers 21, and for a fuller andrclear-description of the operation and nature of the sawing device usedwith this present framing table reference is made to the above-mentioned parent application for patent.

It is seen that the portability of the presf ent type of framingv table is an important feature o-f the device.. Also the simplicity of construction of the part-s such as the rear and front stringers, the deck and cross-bars which. canyall-be made of ordinary sizes of sawn lumber without any intricate cutting in order to shape them for use in making a table top is another valuable feature of the invention in hand.

yI claim l 1. Ina portable table for sawing devices, a table top comprising a rear stringer forming an abutmentvfor material being sawn on ing a recess formed therein adjacent to theA front stringer for accommodating the vertical limb of a sawing device, and a longitudinal deck member connected to the rear stringer and the cross-bars forming with the inner side of the front stringer a longitudinal table aperture in which downwardly projectingpartsof a swing device canl operate.

4. In a framing table for sawing devices, a rear stringer forming an abutment for ma,- terial being sawn,.a material supporting deck connected to the rea-rstringer, a plurality of cross-bars mounted beneath the'deck, a front stringer on the cross-bars for Vreciprocally carrying a sawing device thereon, and positioned in spaced relation with said deck, an A-shaped 'supportingsawhorse beneath the cross-bars, ,and a. pair of depending framing pieces connecting the cross-bars tothe legs of the sawhorse to form a table having stable equilibrium.

In testimony whereof I affix my'signature.

CHARLES'T. EARHART.

said table, .a deck at a lower elevation than Y the top of the rear stringer and connected therewith, a number of cross-bars mounted beneath the deck, and a vertically adjustable front stringer on the cross-bars on which a sawing device can operate. i

2. Ina portable framing table for sawing devices, a table top comprising a rear stringer forming an abutment for material being sawn on said table, a material supporting deck at a. lower elevation than the top of the rear y., stringer, a plurality of cross-bars mounted beneath the saiddeck at a lower elevation than the top of saiddeck, and of greater length than the width of the deck, a front stringervmounted onl the cross-bars, and at an elevationA normally beneath the top of the isc 

